Re: [PPLetterpress] Letterpress applied synthetic watermarks

Type Tom skribis ... In the past, some people have printed with a light oil. The paper becomes somewhat transparent where the oil printed, so when placed over

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, Dec 7, 2005

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Type Tom skribis

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> michaelmagnesi@... writes:
> >
> > a formulation for an ink that when applied via letterpress
> > printing develops an effect similar to a watermark
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> Possible alternatives would be to print without ink, with
> heavy impression, or using transparent white, or clear
> varnish.

In the past, some people have printed with a light oil. The
paper becomes somewhat transparent where the oil printed,
so when placed over a light, the image looks somewhat
like a watermark.

I had seen samples of this technique years ago. It looks
like a watermark in about the same way that thermography
looks like engraving.

(Not to be confused with the current "imitation watermark"
used on checks, which is just printing in a transparent white
ink. This doesn't look anything like a true watermark at all
IMO.)

--Ph. D.

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